We moved to a new area when our son was in Grade Five．Before we moved，we took him to spend half a day at his new school．There he saw his new classmates and teachers．He enjoyed the visit．During the almost l50-kilometer drive home，he told US that he had told some of the students the date when we would move there．And he had also invited them to visit us.

The moving day，a Saturday，was a busy day．But we arrived at our new house at noon．About an hour later，kids began to come and soon one of them invited our son to his house to play for the afternoon．

By the time he returned，he knew where most of the kids lived and all of their family histories．

On Monday morning，the door bell rang just before the time he would leave for schoo1．Then it rang again and again．

By the time he was ready，we had eight young boys waiting to walk to school with him on his first day．They all lived near us．

I asked them if their parents had sent them．The answers surprised and pleased me，“No，we just came so that he would have people to walk with．”and “It is the right thing to do．”

The starting of lasting（持续的）friendships were formed（形成）that day．We have lived here nearly six years and the same group of kids still plays together，goes to parties on weekends together，and surfs together．

I still get thinking how welcoming and kind those kids were．And how lucky my son is to have them as friends！

1．Before the family moved to the new area，the son was taken to his new schoo1　 ．

　 A．to invite the teachers to visit them　 B．to play with his classmates　

　 C．to see if the school was far　　 　　 D．to get to know it

2．What did the son know about other kids after they played for the afternoon?　

　 A．Their living places and family histories．

　 B．Their family stories and their life．

　 C．Their school life and family histories．

D．Their living places and family members．

3．In the story，the son went to school on his first day　

　 A．in his father’s car　 　　　　　　　　 B．on a school bus

　 C．on foot with other kids 　　　　　　　 D．in another kid’s car

4．Which of the following is Right according to the story?　

　 A．The family moved to the new house on Saturday afternoon．

　 B．The kids visited the house before the family arrived．

　 C．The son knew the kids well before he got there．

　 D．The son was invited to play in a kid’s house later that afternoon．

5．The passage shows us that　 ．　

　 A．it’s easy to move to a new place

　 B．it’s kind of people to help a new comer

　 C．it’s difficult to make new friends

　 D．it’s better to live in the same place

阅读理解

　Do you live in a city? Do you know how cities began? Long ago, the world had only a few thousand people. These people moved from place to place. They moved over the land, hunting（打猎）animals for food.

　No one knows how or when those people learned about growing food. But when they did, their lives changed. They did not have to look for food any more. They could stay in one place and grow it.

　People began to live near one another. And so the first village grew, Many people came to work in the villages. These villages grew very big.

　When machines appeared（出现）, life in the villages changed again. Factories were built. More and more people lived near the factories. Cities began to come into being（产生）. Some of them grew very big.

　Today, some people are moving back to small towns, can you tell why?

1． Long ago, people moved from place to place 　　　　.

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A． in the sky 　　　　　　  B． in the trees

C． on land　　　　　　    D． by flying

2．The story says, "But when they did, their lives changed." What does the word "they" mean?

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A． Animals　　　　　　　  B． Cities

4． Which of the following(下面的)does this story make you believe(相信)　　　　.

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A． All people like to live in big cities

B． It's good to live near a factory

C． Some people do not like to live in big cities

D． Factories are good

5． The main idea of the story is that 　　　　.

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　 The word, “photography”, was first used in 1839. It comes from the Greek words that mean “to write with light”. But photography could only give people static pictures. So scientists were trying hard to find ways to make pictures that can move. They made lots of experiments, but failed again and again. It was Eadweard Muybridge who finally succeeded. He was the first photographer to try this successfully. But how did he make it? It was an interesting story.

Back in 1872, people didn’t know exactly (确切地) whether all four of a horse’s hooves (蹄) left the ground at the same time when it was running. A gentleman called Leland Stanford made a bet with his friend about it. Most people believed that a horse always had one hoof on the ground, or it would fall over. But Stanford didn’t think so.

At that time, it was hard to know who could win the bet, because a horse’s legs move so fast that it is impossible to tell just by looking. So they needed a way to record the movement of a running horse. Then Stanford offered $25,000 to the famous photographer, Muybridge, to help find the answer. In the beginning, Muybridge failed to get clear images, but he didn’t give up. He continued to improve his cameras. In 1878, after many experiments, he managed to get a sequence (连续) of 12 photos. One of them clearly showed that all four of the horse’s hooves were off the ground at the same time. And when the photos moved fast, people could see a horse running.

Though is usually considered as the person who created the first movie in 1889, it was the work of Eadweard Muybridge and the bet that led to Edison’s invention.

53. The underlined word “static” in Paragraph 1 most probably means _______.

A. pretty　　　　　　　　　　　 B. dark　　　　　　　　　　　　 C. moving　　　　　　　　　 D. still

54. What did Leland Stanford make a bet with his friend about?

　 A. Whose horse ran faster.

　 B. whether a horse would fall over while running.

　 C. whether it was possible for scientists to make moving pictures.

　 D.Whether a horse’s hooves all left the ground at the same time while running.

55. Muybridge finally found the exact answer to the bet in _______.

　 A. 1839　　 　　　　　　　　 B. 1872 　　　　　　　　　　 C. 1878　　 　　　　　　 D. 1889

56. The passage mainly tells us _______.

　 A. that Thomas Edison created the first movie .

　 B. that Eadweard Muybridge created the first static pictures

　 C. how photography helped people know more about animals

　 D. how Eadweard Muybridge got pictures of motion (移动) successfully